Tomahawk River

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Tomahawk River
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Tomahawk River near its mouth.
Tomahawk River
Location
Country United States
State Wisconsin
Region Vilas County, Oneida County, Lincoln County
Physical characteristics
Source Tomahawk Lake
  location Vilas County
Mouth Confluence with the Wisconsin River
  location
Tomahawk
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftRocky Run, Little Rice Creek
  right Squirrel River, Willow River, Little Rice River

The Tomahawk River is a river in Wisconsin.

It is the largest tributary of the Wisconsin River in terms of flow. [1] It begins at Tomahawk Lake in southern Vilas County, flows through Oneida County, and terminates at Lake Mohawksin in Tomahawk. It flows through the Willow Reservoir and Lake Nokomis (artificial reservoirs), and Kawaguesaga Lake and Minocqua Lake (natural lakes).

At one time the Tomahawk River was known as the Little Wisconsin River. Historically it was part of the most important north-south travel route in Wisconsin for both Indians and non-Indians (fur traders). [2]

References

  1. Durbin, Richard (1997). The Wisconsin River : an odyssey through time and space. Cross Plains, WI: Spring Freshet Press. p. 29. OCLC   38544102.
  2. Owen, David Dale (1848). Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report of a geological reconnoissance of the Chippewa Land District of Wisconsin, and the northern part of Iowa. p.  92 . Retrieved September 12, 2014.

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